Difference between revisions of "Pleural invasion"

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==General==
==General==
[[Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- high mag.jpg | thumb| right| Lung visceral pleura. [[Miller stain]]. (WC)]]
The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall.
The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall.


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**Irrelevant for staging.
**Irrelevant for staging.


====Images - normal pleural====
<gallery>
Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- intermed mag.jpg | Lung visceral pleura - intermed. mag.
Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller - alt -- intermed mag.jpg | Lung visceral pleura - high mag.
</gallery>
===Modified Hammar classification===
===Modified Hammar classification===
Pleural invasion can be subgrouped as follows:<ref name=pmid19057261/>
Pleural invasion can be subgrouped as follows:<ref name=pmid19057261/>
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